bow-net

1) A kind of fishing net, although the term is rare and the meaning uncertain.

It occurs alongside pole-net and certain comparisons are made between the two: 1372 in aquam comunem ponere tam piscandi xxx recia Anglice dicta bownettes: the size of the meshes was enough to allow the passage of a man’s thumb as far as the second joint.

dates 1372

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